The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1887-04-09

Eagle Rock Register. April. 2.

The Register has gone into the
"grand gift enterprise" business.
There are ten new standard gauge
locomotives and two new standard
gauge baggage cars at Pocatello,
the first installment of the new roll
ing stock ordered for the Utah 4
Northern under the change OF
gauge contemplated.
New ties are being scattered
along the railroad, and an order
has been issued giving each section
foreman. eight men. A new tie
will be placed alternatively between
the old ones, the remaining old
ones being allowed to remain until
next season. The widening of the
track will be done on Friday, the
first day of July.
Boise Statesman.
Who asked Senator Stewart to
struggle so hard to have Southern
Idaho annexed to Nevada? Does
Senator Stewart want to have the
thing done simply because very
few people in this Territory are
willing to go? Or did not the
plan originate with Nevada politi-
clans, who are only too glad to find
their scheme endorsed even by
scattering few? Will the Nevada
schemers help southern Idaho to
pay her debts? Will Nevada ask
no support in return for the cloak
of Statehood? Or is it preferable
to pay your own old debts?
Nearly 500 of the school children
of Boise City were last week photo
graphed in group.
The electric light plant has been
shipped and is expected to be in
service within the next sixty days.
Boise Democrat
Gov. Stevenson and family new
occupy the house.and block belong
ing to o. p. Johnson, formerly the
property of N. NJ. HAWTHORN, by
whom the dwelling was built.
A dispatch in the Salt Lake Tri-
bune last week gave HALEY" the
appointment of Register in the
land Office at HALEY. Haley"
might have got there, but it was
neither Hon. John HALEY nor any
of his sons. They are not appli-
cants for the place, nor would
either of them except it if rendered.
Idaho Reporter. April. 1.
The residence Of J. S. Pritchard
of Cedar Hollow was destroyed by
fire last Sunday. The entire con-
tents of the house were destroyed.
The body of Hyram Ward, who
was drowned in Snake river last
fall, has been recovered.
Jacob Hoover has been held in
81 200 bonds for taking a shot at
neighboring rancher named John
Watson. The trouble originated in
a dispute over a tract of land that
both claim.
The question of building a flour
ing mill in BlackfOot is being agi-
tated.
Shoshone Journal. April. 2.
G. H. Flower is now sole lessee
of the Dewey House.
Shoshone is improving and
shows a steady growth.
A car load of Oregon horses des-
tined for Vermont passed through
Shoshone during the week.
Idaho Avalanche. April. g
Several miners have quite work
at Flint and gone to other camps.
Flowing has commenced on Cas-
tie and Catherine creeks.
On the north side of the noun
tains at Cosmos mill the snow lies
three feet deep while the green grass
is growing upon the southern slope.
Caldwell Tribune. April,
Caldwell will build a new school
house. At the special election held
only four votes were cast against
levying a tax for such purpose out
of the 81 polled.
Charlie Albert, a cattle man
known as "Spanish Charlie" was
shot and killed by Jake Mussel,
a sheep man, in Jordan Valley,
Or. The cause of the trouble was
Mussel grazing his sheep on land
claimed by Albert. Mussel gave
himself up to the authorities of